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Mart · 03-19-2020, 04:13 AM

My 58 GMC had 205-16s on the stock rims. I bought it like that. The rears were tubeless. Fronts had tubes. Both fronts failed. The tubes fatigued or chafed. I switched them to tubeless and never had a problem after.

Note these were stock riveted rims and NO SAFETY BEADS.

There is an often quoted myth that you need safety beads with tubeless. Not true. Tubeless tyres predated safety beads by (I'm guessing) ten years or so.

Mart.

03-19-2020, 04:13 AM	#16
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 8,744	Re: Radial tires on old rims My 58 GMC had 205-16s on the stock rims. I bought it like that. The rears were tubeless. Fronts had tubes. Both fronts failed. The tubes fatigued or chafed. I switched them to tubeless and never had a problem after. Note these were stock riveted rims and NO SAFETY BEADS. There is an often quoted myth that you need safety beads with tubeless. Not true. Tubeless tyres predated safety beads by (I'm guessing) ten years or so. Mart.